Americans work some of the longest hours in the world on average, but especially in these cities. (via CNBCMakeIt)
Americans work some of the longest hours in the world on average — 1,786 hours per year, or 34.34 hours per week — compared with their international counterparts, according to. In Germany, by comparison, people clock in an average of 1,363 hours per year, or 26.21 hours per week. On the far end of the spectrum, workers in Mexico log 2,148 hours per year, or 41.31 hours per week, at work.
While Americans work roughly 25% longer than their European peers, residents in some parts of the U.S. lead the pack. Financial site WalletHub set out to identify theResearchers gave each city a score based on what they call direct work factors, including average workweek hours, the employment rate, the share of engaged workers and the share of workers leaving vacation time unused.
Based on these factors, Anchorage, Alaska, where residents work an average of 40 hours and 48 minutes per week and report just over three hours of leisure time per day, was ranked the No. 1 hardest-working city. Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction jobs are a major part of the local economy in Anchorage, as well as Alaska as a whole.
Virginia Beach workers may also be putting in more hours to accommodate a steady stream of visitors as part of the tourism sector, which is also a large part of its local economy. Many businesses that support tourism and hospitality, such as hotels and restaurants, rely on shift workers who may not work on a standard 9-to-5 schedule. Other tourist destinations, such as San Francisco; Washington, D.C.; and Austin, Texas, were among the top 10 hardest-working cities.
San Franciscans have the longest commute of the hardest-working cities, averaging over an hour of transit time per day. As a result of the city's notoriously
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